to 20 women. The Government also plans to increase use of non-custodial alternatives such as electronic tagging. The new plan called for the Inverclyde unit to open by 2017 and for Cornton Vale to close entirely by 2018. Responding to a 2016 inspector's report, which found unsanitary conditions at Cornton Vale, the Scottish Prison Service said pressures on Corton Vale would ease with the beginning of its rundown in the summer of 2016 (when some prisoners would move to HMP Polmont) but that full closure would not happen until 2020. Notable inmates Isla Bryson, believed to be the first transgender woman to be convicted of rape for offences she committed while a male, was briefly held at Cornton Vale. Avril Jones – woman who was convicted after the 2016 discovery of the disappearance of Margaret Fleming, a 19-year-old in her care. It was discovered that Fleming had been killed by her and her accomplice in late 1999 or early 2000 in order to secretly claim financial benefits for years. The case featured in the 2020 BBC documentary Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Margaret Fleming. Edith McAlinden (as of 2014) – responsible for a triple murder at a flat in Glasgow in 2004. Natalie McGarry – former SNP MP, jailed for embezzlement in 2022 Further reading Maguire, Maureen, Uncomfortably Numb. A Prison Requiem, (Luath Press, 2001) A factual documentation of suicides in Cornton Vale Prison. John Field, "Learning Through Labour: Training, unemployment and the state, 1890–1920", 1992, University of Leeds, References External links HM Prison Cornton Vale on the Scottish Prison Service website Cornton Vale Prison Report Cornton Vale Prison Prisons in Scotland Buildings and structures in Stirling (council area) 1975 establishments in Scotland Women's prisons in Scotland Government agencies established in 1975 Young Offender Institutions in Scotland Stirling (city)